Hot Brown Honey

A Quiet Riot production

2022-10-12 19:30 2022-10-15 20:45 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Hot Brown Honey

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/22156

In-person event

Hot Brown Honey’s riotous cabaret is sass made flesh, a no-holds-barred, stereotype-smashing celebration that uses wit, honesty, and feather boas to hammer home important truths. Don’t miss this explosion of colour, culture, and controversy! Who knew fighting the power could taste so sweet?   Please note that ASL will be available for the October 13th performance of Hot Brown Honey.

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Babs Asper Theatre,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
October 12 - 15, 2022

≈ 75 minutes · No intermission

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Last updated: October 12, 2022

HOT BROWN HONEY - THE REMIX

Fighting The Power Never Tasted So Sweet
Written by Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers and Lisa Fa’alafi

Rise and Shine Motherlovers! Hot Brown Honey are back with THE REMIX - Fierce! Femme! Global First Nations! Everything you love about the smash hit show, with extra sweet treats of radical fierce love and joyous rage
- Centrestage.  

Steeped in the Word of The Mother and packing a punch of Hip Hop politics, Hot Brown Honey is an extraordinary production that spins tradition on its head, going above and beyond to challenge boundaries and embrace resilience. Equal parts theatrical masterpiece & social activism, a stellar posse of phenomenal World First Nations women smash stereotypes in an unapologetic celebration of our similarities & differences.  So get ready to laugh until you cry, clap until your hands bleed, dance in the aisles and shake every part of what your mama gave you. It’s time to be the change we want to see.

BUSTY BEATZ aka THE QUEEN BEE (Creator | Writer | Musical Director | Composer | Sound Designer)
Definition: So Boss. Vessel for The Word of The Mother. Divine Feminine Power. Hip Hop Wrath. Filled with joyous rage. Protector of the Hive. Nurturer. See Matriarchy. Fights The Power.
In the words of Busty Beatz: “Fighting The Power Never Tasted So Sweet

LISA FA’ALAFI aka THE GAME CHANGER (Creator | Writer | Director | Choreographer | Designer)
Definition: Innovator of an event, idea, or procedure that significantly alters the current way of doing or thinking. Shake’Em Up Woman. Defies the Norm. Shifts the Paradigm. Rocks The Boat.
In the words of Dr Angela Davis: “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”

MATEHAERE HOPE HAAMI aka HOPE ONE (Beatboxer | Poet | HBH Senior Collaborator)
Definition: Embodies the two-spirit. Takatāpui. Brings light to darkness. Seeks truth, Speaks truth. Breathes Hope to inspire change. Connector. Collaborator. Defies gender binaries.
In the words of Bell Hooks "The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom."

GHENOA GELA aka THE GROUND BREAKER (Multi-Arts Navigator | Multi-Dimensional Storyteller | HBH Senior Collaborator)
Definition: Originator or pioneer that leads to/makes possible further growth. Devours Space. Risk Taker. The Fierce Awakens. Makes Noise.
In The Words Of Nina Simone: “An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times”

MAYU MUTO aka THE GRAVITY DEFIER (Aerialist | Circus | HBH Ensemble)
Definition: One that defies convention, refuses to obey, grounded in tradition and elevated by the fantastic. Strength of body and mind beyond boundaries, generating joy as they reach for the sky.
In the Words of Yuri Kochiyama: “The most powerful weapon for we women of colour is truth. Go out and tell truth, everywhere.”

ALINTA McGRADY aka BADASS MOTHER (Singer | Songwriter | HBH Ensemble)
Definition: Embodying values of justice, courage, compassion and integrity, one who has the responsibility of physical and emotional care of the next generation. Land connected, Fiercely protective, The Hardest job on earth.
In the Words of Hot Brown Honey: “The Revolution Cannot Happen Without Childcare.”

LILIKOI KAOS aka THE WAVE MAKER (Circus | Comedy | HBH Ensemble)
Definition: Oceanic innovator, navigating the way for those to follow. Flirting with risk, shaking up the system and braving the unknown. Washing away colonised thought, change through Kaos.
In The Words of Haunani Kay Trask:  “I break the ideology of happy natives and that makes me dangerous.

Artists

  • Creator | Writer | Musical Director | Composer | Sound Designer Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers
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    Creator | Writer | Director | Choreographer | Designer Lisa Fa’alafi
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    Beatboxer | Poet | HBH Senior Collaborator Materhaere Hope ‘Hope One’ Haami
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    Multi-Arts Navigator | Multi-Dimensional Storyteller | HBH Senior Collaborator Ghenoa Gela
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    Aerialist | Circus | HBH Ensemble Mayu Muto
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    Singer | Songwriter | HBH Ensemble Alinta McGrady
  • Circus | Comedy | HBH Ensemble Lilikoi Kaos

Credits

  • DIRECTED BY
    LISA FA’ALAFI
  • MUSICAL DIRECTION BY
    KIM ‘BUSTY BEATZ’ BOWERS
  • TECHNICAL DIRECTION BY
    PAUL LIM
  • PRODUCED BY QUIET RIOT
    Executive Producer Linda Catalano
    In partnership with Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers and Lisa Fa’alafi
  • STARRING
    Lisa Fa’alafi as The Game Changer
    Hope Haami as Hope One The Beatboxer
    Ghenoa Gela as The Ground Breaker
    Alinta McGrady as Badass Mother
    Lilikoi Kaos as The Wave Maker
    Mayu Muto as The Gravity Defier
    And
    Busty Beatz as The Queen Bee          
  • FEATURING THE VOICES OF
    Aunty Nancy Bamaga as The Mother
    Rhianna Patrick in “The Privilege Test”
    Matriarch Kim Kaos in “Aloha Oiii”
  • PRODUCTION DESIGN
    Lisa Fa’alafi
    Paul Lim
    Tristan Shelley
  • ORIGINAL COMPOSITION | SOUND DESIGN
    Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers
    “The Fierce Awakens” by Hope Haami
    “Praise to The Mother” Music composition by Victoria Falconer
    “Badass Mother” Written by Alinta McGrady
    Music composition by Jhindu-Pedro Lawrie and Luke Daniel Peacock
    Produced by Marly Luske
    Recorded at Alchemix studio as apart of ‘Blakbeats’ program with QPAC 2019
  • CHOREOGRAPHY
    Lisa Fa'alafi with the cast
    Additional choreography in “The Privilege Test” by Samantha Williams
    Additional choreography in “Pussay Tactics” by Mariah Pelesa
  • LIGHTING DESIGN
    Paul Lim
  • SET DESIGN
    Tristan Shelly
  • COSTUME DESIGN
    Lisa Fa’alafi
    Colleen Sutherland
  • COSTUME CONSTRUCTION
    Lisa Fa’alafi
    Colleen Sutherland
    Millie Adams
    Leah Shelton
    Jim Ioannides
  • TOURING TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT
    ADDITIVE
  • COMPANY  MANAGER
    Colleen Sutherland
  • PRODUCTION MANAGER
    Richard Gorr
  • PUBLICITY
    Jessica Bendell | BEEHIVE PR
  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
  • PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
    Liberty Gilbert
  • BASED ON THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT & SCRIPT "HOT BROWN HONEY BURLESQUE" CREATED BY
    Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers, Lisa Fa’alafi and Candice Bowers
    Thank you to all the Honeys that contributed to the journey
    Juanita Duncan aka The Truth Sayer / Ofa Fotu aka The Myth Slayer
    Crystal Stacey aka The Peace Maker / Elena Wangurra aka The Truth Sayer
    Cody Raymond aka The Shapeshifter  / Kalala Sione aka The Love Liberator
    Seini Taumoepeau / Heru Pinkosova / Sammie Williams / China Woo Allcock
    Merlynn Tong /  Ben Graetz / Alexis West

Indigenous Theatre Team

  • Artistic Director
    Kevin Loring
  • Managing Director
    Lori Marchand
  • Producer
    Samantha MacDonald
  • Associate Producer
    Sage Nokomis Wright
  • Indigenous Cultural Resident
    Mairi Brascoupé
  • Education Coordinator
    Kerry Corbiere
  • Technical Director
    Spike Lyne
  • Assistant Technical Director
    Taylor Blanchette
  • Communications Strategist
    Ian Hobson
  • Marketing Strategist
    Jenna Spagnoli
  • Senior Marketing Manager
    Bridget Mooney
  • Associate Producer #ReconcileThis
    Paula Chinkiwsky

NAC Production Team

  • Head Carpenter
    Charles Martin
  • Head Properties
    Michel Sanscartier
  • Head Electrician
    Eric Tessier
  • Assistant Electrician
    Martin Racette
  • Head Sound
    Doug Millar

Projectionists, Wardrobe Mistresses, Masters and Attendants are members of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 471.

NAC Indigenous Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and engages professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the jointly negotiated Canadian Theatre Agreement.